June 7, 1935 – November 2, 2026
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS LOST A BEST FRIEND
William Scott was born in Hawfields, North Carolina (during Bible School), to Hazeleen Tate Scott and Ralph Henderson Scott, Sr., at Melville Dairy Farm, as were siblings Miriam Scott Mayo and Ralph Henderson Scott.
Educated at local schools, the Darlington School in Rome, Georgia, and North Carolina State University, he worked as a dairy man, was an entrepreneur, a friend to all, a supporter of many, a gentleman of the South, a hard worker, a world traveler, a pilot of planes, a captain of boats, a sailor of the seas, an appreciator of fine foods (especially oysters), a teller of tales, a loving husband for thirty-three years to Linda Blake Scott, a father of Bill Scott, Jr. (his wife), son of William and Jane Mayo Scott: Mayo Tate Scott, Sr. (deceased) (Monica Brooks), Jane Louise Scott (deceased), and Miriam Hazeleen Scott (deceased); and grandfather to Dawn Scott (Edward Kelly), Mayo Tate Scott, Sr. (Chelsea), Robert Brandon Scott, Sr. (Alicia), Samuel Huntington Templeman IV (Megan) and great-grandfather to Alexander William Kelly, Joseph Jackson Scott, Rowan Tate Scott, Juniper Janie Scott, Robert Brandon Scott, Jr. and Samuel Huntington Templeman V; and as Papa Bill, step dad to Webb Durham III (Caroline), Joshua Blake Durham (Lynette Neel) and Zachary Cann Durham (Audrey); and step granddad to Blakely Kay Durham, Edward Lawrence Durham, and William Neel Durham.
William Scott loved the great state of North Carolina and was a devoted friend to causes coast to coast. He lived his life just as the state motto directs us all:
“Esse Quam Videri”
“To be rather than to seem.”
A private celebration of his life will take place at the burial at Hawfields Presbyterian Church with the family in attendance. And, the family would appreciate any charitable donations to be made in memory of William Clevenger Scott, Sr. to First Presbyterian Church in Burlington, North Carolina.
